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United States Patent | 6,119,740 |
Wilham, Jr. ,   et al. | September 19, 2000 |
This disclosure relates to devices for automatically filling sand bags with pre-measured quantities of sand. It is simple, reliable, and easily operated by unskilled workers. It is comprised generally of a chute having multiple sides and sized to hold a pre-measured quantity of sand and configured to allow the sand to flow reliably when the operator so desires, a door, and an overcenter device for opening and closing the door to allow the pre-measured quantity of sand in the chute to flow into a standard size sandbag located below the chute.
Inventors: | Wilham, Jr.; Keith H. (17229 NE. 40th St. Suite D, Redmond, WA 98052); Wilham, Sr.; Keith H. (215 E. Flora, Mt. Pulaski, IL 62548) |
Appl. No.: | 243932 |
Filed: | February 3, 1999 |
Current U.S. Class: | 141/391; 141/313; 222/556 |
Intern'l Class: | B65B 001/04 |
Field of Search: | 141/391,313,317,114 222/180,181.1,181.2,556,469 |
1639517 | Aug., 1927 | Lassen | 141/317. |
2366163 | Jan., 1945 | Vredenburg | 141/317. |
2806489 | Sep., 1957 | Armstrong | 141/317. |